Archive for November, 2009

So You Think You Can Pastor?

October 14, 2009 by pastorpeterko I was challenged as I read this morning about John Piper’s personal call to full-time pastoral ministry. This is an extract from the letter his father Bill Piper, himself an itinerant evangelist, wrote to him when John felt it was time to take up the call. As a new pastor of [ READ MORE ]

BRIAN MCLAREN ON RELIGIOUS INSANITY AND EVANGELICAL COWARDICE

Brian McLaren, a leading guru in the egregiously ecumenicalEmerging Church de-formation of the Christian faith aka Emergent Church—now morphing into Emergence Christianity (EC), says — “Enough is enough” in his post Religious Right Insanity, Evangelical Cowardice: I’m disgusted by the latest absurdity from the religious right covered in the clip below. I’m also depressed by the lack of courage [ READ MORE ]

Jaime Mirhan

What if a person has accepted Christ in his heart and prays everyday, but he doesn’t go to church nor reads the Bible. Then will he still be saved? – True acceptance means you are now living in the economy of God and not of man. Going to church may not be a requirement but [ READ MORE ]

Hannah Samantha Key

If someone was not chosen person of God, then he/she accepts Jesus Christ as his/her personal Lord and savior, will he/she still be saved? Why or Why not? – If one truly received Christ therefore he is chosen. That is the only way you can know if one is chosen or not.  If one is [ READ MORE ]

Frederick Go

What is the feeling when you are saved? – Very good, unexplainable relief.   2. What is your stand in salvation? – I already explained it in class.  I believe in the TULIP of Calvinism. T Total Depravity (i.e. Total Inability) U Unconditional Election L Limited Atonement (i.e. Particular Redemption) I Irresistible Calling P Perseverance [ READ MORE ]

Benedict Tan

Do you believe that the world will end at 2012? – No, I never believe in the predictions concerning the End Times. (Matt. 24:36)   2. Will all present Israelites go to heaven? No matter their fault? Even if they have not accepted Jesus Christ in the their hearts because they are God’s chosen people. [ READ MORE ]

Jamila Uy

The sign of the cross is a big issue between Protestant and Roman Catholics. Why don’t Protestant do the sign of the cross? Doesn’t it symbolize the Holy Trinity which both Protestant and Catholics believe in?  – Some protestant are making a big issue out of it, but I do not think there is an [ READ MORE ]

Jed Jefferson Sinco

Since there is no such thing as purgatory, what will happen to our loved ones who don’t believe/ have not accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior? – My parents are Buddhist/Roman Catholic/Taoist as of this day as long as they can breathe I am not going to loose hope that one day the [ READ MORE ]

Clarisse Mirhan

Are Roman Catholics and Christians both children of God? What about Judaism? – Men will be called the children of God only when they accept the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. It is not about the tag of religion but the personal relationship with Christ.   Why do people of the Roman Catholic [ READ MORE ]

Michelle Alviar

When did the idea of purgatory first begin? – It begun a long time ago (but was rejected by the canonization committee), but resurfaced after Martin Luther questioned the practice of indulgence. Therefore, during the counter-reformation era, the Roman Catholic brought in the Apocryphal books to defend the teaching of purgatory.   2. Is there [ READ MORE ]

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